Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of Hong Kong stated that the city will begin a campaign on Sept. 1 to check its entire population for coronavirus in the first attempt of this kind outside China. The blitz will last for as long as two weeks, with the aid of Chinese experts and labs. All residents have the right to a free, …

Medical experts have criticized Indonesia ‘s Intelligence Unit (BIN) and Army’s unwanted involvement in efforts to find a cure for Covid-19, claiming that the associated clinical trials violated international protocols. This came after military chief Andika Perkasa announced that Indonesia was planning to produce drugs to fight coronavirus, and he expected BPOM, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Indonesian equivalent, …

PT Bio Farma (Persero) will receive 50 million doses of the Covid-19 Ready to Fill (RTF) vaccine bulk or concentrate from the Chinese biopharmaceutical company, Sinovac from November 2020 to March 2021. This assurance was marked by the signing of the Preliminary Agreement of Purchase and Supply of Bulk Production of Covid-19 Vaccine, which was held in Hainan, China on …

The Indonesian Teachers Union Federation (FSGI) revealed that until August 18, 2020, as many 42 teachers and 2 education personnel had died due to being infected with coronavirus or Covid-19. FSGI Deputy Secretary General Fahriza Marta Tanjung stated that the dead victims came from a number of regions. Among them are Pariaman and Padang Panjang, West Sumatra; West Kalimantan; Pati, …

METRO MANILA – The government are now requiring everyone to wear face shields inside commercial establishment, market as additional safety measure against Covid-19. According to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque Jr., The Covid-19 National Task Force led by Presidential peace adviser Carlito Galvez Jr agreed on requiring the use of faceshields to commercial establishments in addition to wearing facemask, social distancing …

METRO MANILA – The Senate has ratified last night the P140-billion Bayanihan to Recover as One measure that will support the sectors heavily affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Chair of the Senate finance committee Sen. Sonny Angara said the funds will be used for the various government programs with an additional P25-billion standby appropriation and P10 billion for the procurement …

Phuket Rajabhat University’s president insisted that a first year student ‘s death had nothing to do with a hazing ritual. She collapsed to cheerleading practice during a warm up run. Hiran Prasarnkarn said at a media briefing on Friday, in the presence of other university executives, lecturers and staff, the university had expressed its deepest condolences to Phornphiphat Eaddam ‘s …

Chief Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda said police officers had no choice but to uphold the law and arrest leaders of youth protests this week. Pol Gen Chakthip said police officers are required to make the arrests because the leaders of the protest broke the law. Failure to act against the members would result in police being charged with dereliction of …

PETALING JAYA – Bangladeshi national, Md Rayhan Kabir, who appeared in the Al Jazeera documentary titled “Locked Up in Malaysia’s Lockdown” has been deported last night. He was brought to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) by the immigration officers after being detained for almost a month for his appearance on the controversial documentary where he spoked about the alleged …

PETALING JAYA – Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh has been appointed as the new Election Commission (EC) chairman and Nik Ali Mat Yunus a member of the Commission effective today. According to Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali, the appointment was consented by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah. The will serve in the …